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Coming In June
JUNE 5
SAFE HOUSE (R) Action/Thriller Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Brendan Gleeson, Vera Farmiga, Sam Shepard, Robert Patrick, Joel Kinnaman. (page 3)
JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (PG) Action/Adventure/Fantasy Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. (page 15)
JOHN CARTER (PG-13) Action/Sci-Fi/Fantasy Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West. (page 4)
ACT OF VALOR (R) Action/Adventure Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano, Alex Veadov, Jason Cottle. (page 4)
MACHINE GUN PREACHER (R) Drama/Action Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Souleymane Sy Savane. (page 7)
JUNE 12
SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG-13) Action/Adventure Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law. (page 3)
GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE (PG-13) Action/Fantasy Nicolas Cage, Idris Elba, Violante Placido, Ciaran Hinds. (page 5)
GOOD DEEDS (PG-13) Drama/Romance Tyler Perry, Thandie Newton, Gabrielle Union, Brian White, Rebecca Romijn, Eddie Cibrian, Jamie Kennedy. (page 6)
A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN (PG-13) Drama/Romance/Comedy Kate Hudson, Gael García Bernal, Kathy Bates, Rosemarie DeWitt. (page 7)
JUNE 19
PROJECT X (R) Comedy Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Kirby Bliss Blanton. (page 4)
BIG MIRACLE (PG) Drama/Adventure Drew Barrymore, John Krasinski, Ted Danson, Kathy Baker, Kristen Bell, Vinessa Shaw, Dermot Mulroney. (page 15)
WANDERLUST (R) Comedy Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Malin Akerman, Lauren Ambrose, Alan Alda, Kathryn Hahn. (page 6)
JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME (R) ComedyDrama Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon, Judy Greer, Rae Dawn Chong. (page 7)
SEEKING JUSTICE (R) Drama/Action Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce, Jennifer Carpenter. (page 7)
JUNE 26
21 JUMP STREET (R) Comedy/Action Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Ellie Kemper, Chris Parnel, Nick Offerman. (page 3)
WRATH OF THE TITANS (PG) Fantasy/Action/Adventure Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Edgar Ramirez, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy. (page 5)
MIRROR MIRROR (PG) Comedy/Fantasy Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Mare Winningham, Sean Bean. (page 15)
THE ARTIST (PG-13) Comedy/Drama/Romance Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller. (page 5)
A THOUSAND WORDS (PG-13) Comedy Eddie Murphy, Kerry Washington, Clark Duke, Cliff Curtis, Allison Janney. (page 6)
On the Inside
Coming In June
Reviews by the Video Views Staff
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Top 50
Pages 8-12
Contest & Games
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Top Picks
From TV To The Movies
by Susan Varno
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Sherlock Holmes...; Wanderlust
Another Look
Jonah Hill
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Family & Kids Views
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American Reunion; Silent House; Casa De Mi Padre; Lockout; Salmon
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SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG-13: v) Action/Adventure
June 12
It’s 1891 and a series of bombings are escalating tension between
Germany and France, something not only welcomed but also
plotted by the dastardly Professor James Moriarty (Jared Harris)
who would financially profit from any related war expenses. Legendary if eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey
Jr.) is pretty sure he’s the culprit, but needs further proof. Unfortunately, his former sidekick, Dr. John Watson (Jude Law), is busy
preparing to settle down and wed Mary (Kelly Reilly), something
that doesn’t seem natural to Holmes. He doesn’t invite anyone
to Watson’s stag party other than his own brother, Mycroft Holmes (Stephen Fry), who has ties to politicians of the day. He’s
also after gypsy fortune teller Simza (Noomi Rapace) who he
believes knows something about what’s occurring. After Holmes
saves her from an assassin, and manages to dispatch Mary to
stay with Mycroft, he, Watson and Simza set off not only to prove
that Moriarty is behind the bombings and recent assassinations,
but also stop him from starting a war. 129 min.
DVD Extras: Featurettes include “Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes“ and director “Guy Ritchie’s Well-Oiled Machine.”
Partial Credits: Robert Downey Jr. (Due Date; Iron Man 2; Sherlock Holmes; The Soloist; Tropic Thunder; Iron Man; Lucky You; Zodiac; A Guide to Recognizing Your
Saints; A Scanner Darkly; The Shaggy Dog; Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang; Good Night & Good Luck; Gothika; Wonder Boys; In Dreams; U.S. Marshals; The Gingerbread
Man; One Night Stand; Restoration; Home for the Holidays; Natural Born Killers; Heart & Souls; Short Cuts; Chaplin; Soapdish; Air America; True Believer; Chances
Are; The Pick-up Artist; Back to School; bits-Bowfinger; Weird Science).
21 JUMP STREET (R: m, d, gl, bs, bv) Comedy/Action
June 26
Schmidt (Jonah Hill) was a pudgy loser in high school. One of the
people who made fun of him was the handsome, popular Jenko
(Channing Tatum). Years later, the two find themselves at the same
police academy. Schmidt has a hard time dealing with the physical
demands of cop training. Jenko, meanwhile, is no good at memorizing the laws or taking tests. Together, they form a bond and help
each other graduate.Instead of car chases and explosions, they are
assigned to the boring task of bicycle duty at a local park. When they
get noticed for fouling up a major drug bust, they are reassigned to
a long-dormant program the department is looking to revive called
21 Jump Street, in which youthful cops are placed undercover in high
schools to stamp out criminal activity involving teenagers. Overseen
by the always-angry Captain Dickson (Ice Cube), their first assignment is to bust up a new drug ring possibly being run by the ambitious senior Eric Molson (Dave Franco).With Brie Larson, Rob Riggle, Ellie Kemper, Chris Parnel, and Nick Offerman. 109 min.
DVD Extras: Commentary; “Back to School” Featurette.
Partial Credits: Jonah Hill (See Another Look on page 13). Channing Tatum (The Vow; Haywire; The Eagle; The Dilemma; Dear John; G.I Joe: The Rise of Cobra;
Public Enemies; Fighting; A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints; Step Up; She’s the Man; Coach Carter). Ice Cube (Lottery Ticket; The Longshots; First Sunday; Are
We Done Yet; XXX: State of the Union; Torque; Barbershop 1 & 2; John Carpenter’s Ghost of Mars; Three Kings; Anaconda; Boyz N The Hood; bit-Rampart).
SAFE HOUSE (R: m, bl, v) Action/Thriller
June 5
Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) is a young CIA agent stationed in Cape
Town, South Africa where he runs one of the agency’s “safe houses.”
Things change when renegade CIA agent Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington), in an effort to elude armed men who are after him, has just turned
himself into the U.S. Consulate. Tobin went rogue years ago, allegedly
selling important government information to the highest bidder, and the
agency wants every bit of intel out of him. They take Tobin to Matt’s safe
house and proceed to torture him to make him talk. Before he can spit
out anything, however, armed goons breach the house and kill everyone
except for Matt who manages to get Tobin out of the house before either
of them joins the rest of the deceased. The renegade agent tries to open
Matt’s eyes about how the agency really works, and as both try to avoid
the armed gunmen who are after them. With Brendan Gleeson, Vera
Farmiga, Nora Arnezeder, Sam Shepard, Robert Patrick, Nora Arnezeder, Joel Kinnaman, and Rubén Blades. 114 min.
DVD Extras: Featurettes include “Hand-To-Hand Action,” “Building the Rooftop Chase,” and “Inside The CIA”).
Partial Credits: Denzel Washington (Unstoppable; The Book of Eli; The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3; The Great Debaters; American Gangster; Déjà Vu; Inside Man; The
Manchurian Candidate; Man on Fire; Out of Time; Antwone Fisher; John Q; Training Day; Remember the Titans; The Hurricane; The Bone Collector; He Got Game;
The Siege; Courage Under Fire; The Preacher’s Wife; Crimson Tide; Devil In A Blue Dress; Virtuosity; Much Ado About Nothing; Philadelphia; The Pelican Brief;
Malcolm X; Ricochet; Heart Condition; Mo’ Better Blues; Glory; Cry Freedom; Power; Carbon Copy).
Ratings Codes: a-Adult Theme; m-Mature Theme; d-Sexual Dialogue; I-Coarse Language; n-Nudity; s-Sexuality; v-Violence; b-Brief; g-Graphic; p-Partial
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ACT OF VALOR (R: m, l, gv) Action/Adventure
June 5
An elite team of eight Navy SEALs (played by real activeduty SEALs who are referred to in the film only by their first
or last names) are deployed to the Philippines when one CIA
agent (Nestor Serrano) is murdered and a second named
Lisa (Roselyn Sanchez) is kidnapped. The two were working
to uncover a terrorist connection involving a notorious international smuggler named Christo (Alex Veadov) and a Muslim extremist named Shabal (Jason Cottle). In the process of
their rescue mission, they discover that Shabal is plotting to
attack the United States on its own soil with a potentially
horrific new weapon. Shabal’s plan is to sneak 16 suicide
bombers across the Mexican-U.S. border and detonate special vests filled with gel explosives in crowded public venues
across the country. It’s up to the SEALs to track Shabal and
Christo’s movement and eliminate them and the threat to
the U.S. The mission takes the SEAL team to the South Pacific; then to a small island off the coast of Mexico; and,
finally, to the Mexican border. 101 min.
DVD Extras: Commentary; six Deleted Scenes; more.
Main Credits: Roselyn Sanchez (bits-The Game Plan; Edison Force; Underclassman; Chasing Papi; Basic; Boat Trip; Rush Hour 2; Held Up; Captain Ron).
Nestor Serrano (bits-Secretariat; Definitely, Maybe; The Day After Tomorrow; Runaway Jury; City by the Sea; The Insider).
JOHN CARTER (PG-13: v) Action/Sci-Fi/Fantasy
June 5
It’s 1861 and John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) is a former Confederate
cavalryman magically transported to Mars. Due to the lower degree of gravity there than on Earth, he possesses great strength
and the ability to leap amazing distances.That comes in handy
when he encounters Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe), a Barsooman
warrior and leader of his tribe of 12-foot tall, four-armed beings
who try to avoid the more technologically advanced and humanlike warring parties that are destroying each other and the planet.
Helium Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins), is willing to fight to
the death and thus isn’t happy that her father has agreed to an
arranged marriage in hopes of that bringing about peace. She
finds an unlikely ally in Carter, who tries to find his way back
to Earth, but eventually realizes he must help Dejah defeat the
evil Zodangans. With Samantha Morton,Mark Strong, Ciaran
Hinds, Dominic West, Thomas Haden Church, Daryl Sabara
and Bryan Cranston. Based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. 118 min.
DVD Extras: Commentary; Featurette follows the Edgar Rice Burroughs’ story, from its origins as a pulp novel to onscreen; more.
Partial Credits: Taylor Kitsch (The Covenant; bits-X-Men Origins: Wolverine Snakes on a Plane; John Tucker Must Die). Lynn Collins (X-Men Origins: Wolverine;
Bug; The Number 23; The Lake House; bits-The Merchant of Venice; 13 Going on 30; 50 First Dates; Down with Love).
PROJECT X (R: a, gd, gl, n, s) Comedy
June 19
High school senior Thomas (Thomas Mann) is about to celebrate his birthday and his two best friends -- foul-mouthed,
inappropriate Costa (Oliver Cooper) and pudgy, awkward JB
(Jonathan Daniel Brown) -- have designs to throw the biggest party they and their classmates have ever seen. The party
will be at Thomas’ house while his Dad (Peter MacKenzie) and
Mom (Caitlin Dulany) are out of town, and the three promote
it in every way they can think of: flyers, radio ads, Facebook,
Craigslist, and so forth. They secure plenty of alcohol, marijuana, blow-up dolls, and food. It’s not long before the party
spins completely out of control as word spreads. Soon, hundreds of teens and young adults are seen crowding the street
of Thomas’ neighborhood, police and SWAT teams in riot gear
begin amassing in force, news choppers start flying overhead.
Amid the chaos, Thomas finds himself falling in love with Kirby
(Kirby Bliss Blanton), the nice girl he’s known all his life. Shot
in a multicamera found-footage style. 107 min.
DVD Extras: Extended Cut.
Main Credits: Thomas Mann (bit-It’s Kind of a Funny Story).
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WRATH OF THE TITANS (PG-13: v) Fantasy/Action/Adventure
June 26
A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus (Sam Worthington) the demigod son of Zeus (Liam Neeson)
is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and
the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius (John Bell). Meanwhile, humanity has lost faith in the gods. As a result, Zeus,
Hades (Ralph Fiennes), and Poseidon (Danny Huston) find their
power beginning to slip, a development that could spell disaster for all of humankind should their imprisoned father, Kronos,
manage to break free from his underworld prison in Tartarus.
When Perseus learns that Zeus’ son Ares (Édgar Ramírez) has
teamed with Hades and Kronos to capture Zeus, steal his power,
and create hell on Earth, the time comes to take action. Now,
with Andromeda (Rosamund Pike), Argenor (Toby Kebbell),
and Hephaestus (Bill Nighy) by his side, Perseus will venture on
a treacherous quest deep into the underworld on a mission to
defeat the Titans, deliver Zeus from evil, and prevent the powers
of darkness from consuming all of humanity. 120 min.
DVD Extras: Deleted Scenes.
Partial Credits: Sam Worthington (Man on a Ledge; The Debt; Clash of the Titans; Avatar; Terminator Salvation). Liam Neeson (The Grey; Unknown; The
A-Team; Clash of the Titans; Chloe; Taken; Seraphim Falls; Batman Begins; Kingdom of Heaven; Kinsey; Love Actually; Gangs of New York; K-19: The
Widowmaker; The Haunting; Star Wars: Episode I; Les Miserables; Before & After; Michael Collins; Rob Roy; Nell; Ethan Frome; Schindler’s List; Husbands
& Wives; Leap Of Faith; Darkman; The Dead Pool; The Good Mother; A Prayer For The Dying; The Bounty; Krull).
GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE (PG-13: bl, v) Action/Fantasy
June 12
Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) has gone into seclusion in Eastern Europe to try and keep his demonic alter ego, the Ghost Rider, in check.
He made a deal with Roarke (Ciaran Hinds), the Devil incarnate, years
earlier to save his dying father’s life and has become a hunter of
wicked souls ever since. He wants the curse lifted. Twelve years earlier, a gypsy named Nadya (Violante Placido) also made a deal with
Roarke to spare her life in return for carrying his son. That boy (Fergus
Riordan), is now about to reach 13 and Roarke wants out of his aging,
failing body and into the body of the boy. She goes on the run and
seeks the protection of church zealots who are helpless in protecting them from the forces of darkness. Pursued by a former boyfriend/
mercenary named Carrigan (Johnny Whitworth), Nadya eventually
hooks up with holy man Moreau (Idris Elba) who knows that their
only chance is to enlist the aid of Ghost Rider. Moreau promises to lift
the Rider’s curse if he will help. But Roarke has given Carrigan dark
powers to combat the Rider. 95 min.
DVD Credits: Deleted Scenes; more.
Partial Credits: Nicolas Cage (Seeking Justice; Trespass; Drive Angry; Season of the Witches; The Sorcerer’s Apprentice; Kick-Ass; Bad Lieutenant: Port of
Call New Orleans; Knowing; Bangkok Dangerous; National Treasure 1 & 2; Next; The Wicker Man; World Trade Center; Ghost Rider; The Weather Man; Lord
of War; Adaptation; Family Man; Gone in 60 Seconds; Bringing Out the Dead; 8MM; Snake Eyes; City of Angels; Face/Off; Con Air; The Rock; Leaving Las
Vegas; It Could Happen to You; Honeymoon in Vegas; Wild at Heart; Vampire’s Kiss; Moonstruck; Raising Arizona; Peggy Sue Got Married).
THE ARTIST (PG-13:
June 26
m) Comedy/Drama/Romance
It’s 1927 and George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a beloved
star of silent films, many of which feature his cute dog as his
co-star. That, and the fact that the pooch also upstages her
in real life doesn’t sit well with George’s wife and actress,
Doris (Penelope Ann Miller). But George doesn’t seem to
care, especially since he has a loyal chauffeur Clifton (James
Cromwell). And then there’s the fact that George is the big attraction at Kinograph Studios run by Al Zimmer (John Goodman). In fact, the actor has so much power that he casts an
extra he previously bumped into at a premiere, Peppy Miller
(Berenice Bejo), into one of his films. But Al sees that times
are changing and wants to move over to the new format of
“talkies,” something that George thinks is a silly fad. Over the
following years, and as Peppy’s star rises at the studio, George
must contend with his career, marriage and lifestyle he had
grown accustomed to diminishing – until he’s a shadow of his
former self. 100 min.
DVD Extras: Q&A with Filmmakers and Cast; Featurettes include “Hollywood As a Character: The Locations of The Artist”; Blooper Reel.
Partial Credits: John Goodman (bit-Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close; Red State; Speed Racer; Death Sentence; Evan Almighty; Beyond the Sea; Clifford’s
Really Big Movie; One Night at McCool’s; Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?; Coyote Ugly; What Planet Are You From?; Bringing Out the Dead; The Big Lebowski;
Blues Brothers 2000; Fallen; The Borrowers; The Flintstones; Matinee; Born Yesterday; The Babe; King Ralph; Barton Fink; Arachnophobia; Stella; Always;
Sea of Love; Everybody’s All-American; Punchline; The Big Easy; Raising Arizona; Sweet Dreams).
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GOOD DEEDS (PG-13: m, bd, bs) Drama/Romance
June 12
Wesley Deeds (Tyler Perry) seems to have it all. The San Francisco businessman is engaged to Natalie (Gabrielle Union) and
he runs the highly successful software company his late father
built into an empire. His mother, Wilimena (Phylicia Thompson), couldn’t be happier with him, especially when compared
to his hot-tempered brother, Walter (Brian White). Keeping a
promise to his father, Wesley lets him work at the company,
even if that ends up being disruptive to the work of his righthand man, John (Eddie Cibrian). Lindsey (Thandie Newton) is
a single mother to 6-year-old Ariel (Jordenn Thompson), and is
about at her wit’s end trying to make ends meet and avoid being evicted from her apartment. She works as a cleaning person
in Deed’s building, and ends up living out of her van when she
does get kicked out of her place. Despite an employer-employee
relationship, the two become friends. As they do so, he helps her
out financially, while she helps him realize he needs to live his
own life. With Rebecca Romijn and Jamie Kennedy. 111 min.
Partial Credits: Directed by Tyler Perry (Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family; For Colored Girls; Why Did I Get Married Too?; I Can Do Bad All by Myself;
Madea Goes to Jail; The Family That Preys; Meet the Browns; Why Did I Get Married?; Daddy’s Little Girls). Thandie Newton (For Colored Girls; 2012; W.;
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People; RocknRolla; Run Fatboy Run; Norbit; The Pursuit of Happyness; Crash; The Chronicles of Riddick; The Truth About
Charlie; Mission: Impossible 2; Beloved; Gridlock’d; Jefferson in Paris; bit-Interview with the Vampire).
WANDERLUST (R: a, gd, gl, bgn, s) Comedy
June 19
George (Paul Rudd) and Linda (Jennifer Aniston) are a married
couple who have just bought a micro-loft in Manhattan. But when
they find themselves unemployed they hit the road for Atlanta.
There, they plan to live with, and George will work for, his demeaning and highly competitive brother, Rick (Ken Marino), and
that man’s long-suffering wife, Marissa (Michaela Watkins).Along
the way, however, George and Linda end up spending the night at
a remote bed and breakfast that turns out to be a hippie-style
commune. Founded decades ago by Carvin (Alan Alda), the place
is now lead by Seth (Justin Theroux). After spending a pleasant if
eye-opening night there, they head to Rick’s place, only to realize
they can’t stand it and thus return to the commune, with the plan
that they’ll give it a two-week tryout. As they try to adapt to the
unusual lifestyle, George and Linda find their marriage challenged.
With Malin Akerman, Lauren Ambrose, Alan Alda, and Kathryn
Hahn. 98 min.
DVD Extras: Deleted Scenes; Extended/Alternative Scenes.
Partial Credits: Paul Rudd (Our Idiot Brother; How Do You Know; Dinner For Schmucks; bit-Year One; I Love You Man; Role Models; Forgetting Sarah Marshall; Over Her Dead Body; Knocked Up; The 40 Year Old Virgin; Anchorman; The Shape Of Things; Wet Hot American Summer; The Cider House Rules;
The Object of My Affection; Halloween 6; Clueless; bits-Year One; Reno 911! Miami; Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story; Romeo + Juliet).
A THOUSAND WORDS (PG-13: m, bd, bl, bs) Comedy/Fantasy
June 26
Jack McCall (Eddie Murphy) is a high-strung, motor-mouthed
literary agent who works for Samantha (Allison Janney) and
becomes obsessed with signing the world’s hottest self-help
guru Dr. Sinja (Cliff Curtis) to a book deal. At his meditation
facility, though, he scratches himself on the bark of a tree that
then magically sprouts up in the backyard of his house. Leaves
start falling off with each word Jack says, and Sinja deduces
that Jack and the tree are psychically linked. When the tree
loses all of its leaves, it and Jack die...unless Jack can find inner calm. He rose through the publishing industry thanks to his
own drive and iron will and subsequently married a beautiful
woman named Caroline (Kerry Washington), who then gave
birth to a son. But his career and his marriage are put at risk as
his behavior gets increasingly bizarre with so few words and so
little time left to lift the curse. He gets help from his put-upon
assistant, Aaron (Clark Duke), who comes to understand the
troubles Jack is going through. 91 min.
Partial Credits: Eddie Murphy (Tower Heist; Meet Dave; Norbit; Dreamgirls; The Haunted Mansion; Daddy Day Care; I Spy; The Adventures of Pluto Nash;
Showtime; voice-Shrek 1 & 2 & 3; Dr. Dolittle 1 & 2; Nutty Professor I & II; Bowfinger; Life; Holy Man; voice-Mulan; Metro; Vampire In Brooklyn; Beverly
Hills Cop I-III; Boomerang; The Distinguished Gentleman; Another 48 HRS.; Harlem Nights; Coming To America; The Golden Child; Best Defense; Trading
Places; 48 Hrs).
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JEFF, WHO LIVES AT HOME (R: m, bd, l) Comedy/Drama
June 19
Jeff Thompkins (Jason Segel) is a 30-year-old slacker who still lives at home with his mom,
Sharon (Susan Sarandon), and would rather smoke pot than be responsible enough to
do some simple home repairs for her. A firm believer that anything and everything in the
world is connected in some fashion. Today’s is a wrong number call from a person looking
for someone named Kevin, which later leads Jeff to follow a stranger with that name on a
jersey. In a roundabout way, that reunites Jeff with his competitive brother Pat (Ed Helms),
and to the discovery that his sibling’s wife, Linda (Judy Greer), is having an affair with a
man by the name of Steve (Steve Zissis). At the same time, Sharon discovers she has a secret admirer at work, something she shares with coworker Carol (Rae Dawn Chong) while
trying to figure out who that might be. As Jeff helps Pat follow Linda to catch her in the
affair, the slacker follows the various signs that keep sprouting up, all while hoping they’ll
eventually help him figure out his place in the world. 83 min.
SEEKING JUSTICE (R: m, l, bs, v) Drama/Action
June 19
New Orleans high school teacher Will Gerard (Nicolas Cage) is happily married to concert
musician Laura (January Jones), until their lives are turned upside down the night Laura
is raped. In the hospital, a mysterious man, Simon (Guy Pearce) approaches Will with an
offer. He represents a group that ‘deals with people’, whom he describes as ‘a few citizens
seeking justice’. He claims to know the identity and whereabouts of the man that attacked
Laura. He offers to dispense immediate justice to the attacker and save the couple from an
emotionally traumatic trial -- in exchange for a favor from Will in the near future. Distraught
and grief-stricken, Will consents to the deal. Six months later, Will gets a call. A simple task
-- mailing a letter -- quickly escalates into an order to kill a man. Will realizes that he can’t
do it, but his decision makes him an enemy of a very powerful and secret organization. His
only hope is the mysterious hidden evidence collected by a dead journalist. With Jennifer
Carpenter and Harold Perrineau Jr. 104 min.
DVD Extras: Interviews; “Behind the Scenes” Featurette.
MACHINE GUN PREACHER (R: m, l, bs, gv) Drama/Action
June 5
Sam Childers (Gerard Butler) is a coarse and crude biker who’s recently been released from
prison, only to go back to his bad boy ways alongside his friend Donnie (Michael Shannon),
much to the chagrin of his mother, Daisy (Kathy Baker), wife, Lynn (Michelle Monaghan),
and their young daughter, Paige (Madeline Carroll). Following a close call where he beats
up a man who attacks him and Donnie to the point that he thinks he’s killed the man, he
is baptized. Sam decides to open his own church, and then goes on an altruistic mission to
war-ravaged Sudan where he’s shocked by the atrocities committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Run by Joseph Kony, those soldiers pillage villages, kill the adults and
abduct the children who they force into becoming young soldiers or sex slaves. With the aid
of good soldier Deng (Souleymane Sy Savane), Sam decides he’ll start an orphanage there
to care for the orphaned children. But as the atrocities continue, Sam decides to take action
into his own hands to take on the LRA. Based on a true story. 123 min.
A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN (PG-13: m, bl, bs) Drama/Romance/Comedy
June 12
Set in New Orleans. A cancer patient (Kate Hudson) falls in love with the Jewish/Mexican
Doctor (Gael Garcia Bernal) who administers her colonoscopy. The story focuses on Marley,
a free spirited ad exec who doesn’t take anything too seriously --especially romance. After
Marley finds out she has colon cancer she dreams that God (Whoopi Goldberg) offers her
three wishes. God’s pretty good about keeping Her word on the first two, but Marley says
she doesn’t know what her third wish would be. Marley’s relationships with her family is
also seen. There is a dissonance between her pregnant sister (Rosemarie DeWitt), who is
distancing herself from Marley out of fear and her combative relationship with her mother
(Kathy Bates) who can’t seem to say anything right. Marley learns to deal with the platitudes of life: live life to the fullest; appreciate your friends and family; make the most of
your time on earth. With Lucy Punch, Peter Dinklage, and Treat Williams. 106 min.
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Safe House (Conspiracy) Enemy of the State; The Bourne Identity series; Unknown; Michael Clayton; The Manchurian Candidate;
All the President’s Men; The Pelican Brief; Conspiracy Theory; Missing; Minority Report; Klute; The Insider; Three Days of the Condor; Blow Out
Jeff That Lives at Home (Dysfunctional Families) The Royal Tanenbaums; Buffalo 66; The Kids Are All Right; The Addams Family; The Fighter;
Precious; Little Miss Sunshine; Meet the Fockers series; American Beauty; Garden State; Home for the Holidays; Sixteen Candles; Welcome
Home, Roscoe Jenkins; Running With Scissors; The Darjeeling Limited; The Squid and the Whale; Hannah and Her Sisters; The Savages
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1. *THE VOW (PG-13: m, bl, bpn, bs) Drama/Romance Channing Tatum,
Rachel McAdams, Sam Neill, Jessica Lange, Scott Speedman. Leo and Paige
are a young husband and wife living in Chicago. They are head over heels in love with
each other. He owns a recording studio and she is an up-and-coming sculptor and artist.
On the way home from the movies one wintry night, a snow plow barrels into their
stopped car from behind, sending Paige through the windshield. She is in a coma for
days and awakes to severe memory loss. She can’t remember her life with Leo. She
does, however, remember her years before giving up law school and moving from the
suburbs to the city. Growing further apart, Leo decides to woo his wife all over again in
an effort to win her heart and save their marriage. Inspired by a true story. 104 min.
2. *THE WOMAN IN BLACK (PG-13: m, bv) Supernatural/Suspense Daniel Radcliffe, Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White. In the early 20th century London, Arthur
Kipps is a widowed lawyer raising his 4-year-old son. His grief has put his career in jeopardy, and
he is sent to a remote village to sort out the affairs of a recently deceased reclusive widow who
lived in a mansion along the coast. But upon his arrival, it soon becomes clear that everyone in the
town is keeping a deadly secret. Although the townspeople try to keep Kipps from learning their
tragic history, he soon discovers that the house belonging to his client is haunted by the ghost of
a woman who is determined to find someone and something she lost... and no one, not even the
children, are safe from her vengeance. 95 min.
3. *THIS MEANS WAR (PG-13: m, bd, bl, bs, bv) Comedy/Romance/Action Reese
Witherspoon, Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, Chelsea Handler, Til Schweiger, Angela Bassett. FDR and Tuck are two covert CIA agents who work in a field office in Los Angeles and
have been after a dangerous criminal. FDR is a ladies’ man, while Tuck is the divorced father of
a young boy and is just starting to think about returning to the dating world. Tuck tries his hand
at online dating and ends up matched with Lauren. Then she accidentally bumps into FDR They
leave it up to her to decide who she wants. She can’t, and goes on a number of dates with both
men, unaware of their real jobs or even that they know each other. They separately use their
agency resources to learn about and thus try to impress Lauren. 100 min.
4. *RED TAILS (PG-13: v) Action/Adventure David Oyelowo, Nate Parker, Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Daniela Ruah, Bryan Cranston, Andre Royo, Tristan Wilds. It’s 1944 and members of the 332nd Fighter Group, a.k.a. the Tuskegee Airmen, are
stationed in Italy under the command of Major Emmanuel Stance. Due to the racial inequalities
of the time, they’re operating with antiquated planes and are stuck behind enemy lines, despite
the efforts of Colonel A.J. Bullard back at the Pentagon to convince the military brass otherwise.
That doesn’t sit well with maverick pilot Joe “Lightning” Little who wants to prove his worth and
ends up taking unnecessary risks, much to the dismay of his friend and the squadron’s captain,
Marty “Easy” Julian. Inspired by true events. 125 min.
5. *CHRONICLE (PG-13: m, bs, v) Sci-Fi/Action/Drama Dane DeHaan, Alex
Russell, Michael B. Jordan. Andrew Detmer is a senior at a Seattle area high school
with no real friends and a bad situation at home. With his mom terminally ill, his dad has
become a bitter and abusive alcoholic. As a result, the teen has taken to recording his entire
life on a video camera. Andrew’s camera becomes useful when his cousin Matt and fellow
student Steve discover a large hole in the ground outside a party. Going down into it, they
encounter a strange glowing structure that ends up giving them telekinetic powers. At first
they have fun playing around with their newfound abilities. But as the days pass and their
powers increase, Andrew starts wielding his powers towards those who bother or abuse
him. 83 min.
6. *THE DEVIL INSIDE (R: m, bgd, l, gv) Supernatural/Horror/Thriller Fernanda
Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Suzan Crowley. Isabella Rossi has
traveled to Rome with a documentary filmmaker to determine if her locked-away mother, Maria,
is mentally ill or demonically possessed. Ten years ago, she murdered two priests and a nun who
were trying to perform an exorcism on her. The Vatican has her heavily sedated in a nearby
mental hospital. Isabella manages to get an exorcist and an ordained priest to look into her case.
With the discovery that Maria might be possessed by multiple demons -- a hazardous condition
as sometimes they’ll jump into other people – they set out to free the woman from her demonic
entrapment, as everything is captured on multiple video cameras. 87 min.
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7. *THE GREY (R: m, gl, gv) Suspense/Thriller/Adventure Liam Neeson,
Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts. John Ottway works as a sharpshooter for an oil company in the arctic, keeping the workers there safe from the predatory wildlife, such as dangerous grey wolves that prowl areas along the pipeline. He
boards an airliner with other men, only to have that trip end in a horrific crash. That
leaves them stranded in the snowy middle of nowhere, with no way of communicating
with the outside world for help. Realizing they can’t stay in what’s left of the fuselage
lest they starve to death, Ottway takes charge and states they should head for the
tree line to give them some semblance of protection from a pack of wolves that have
discovered them and begun picking off one man after another. 117 min.
8. *UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING (R: m, bl, gv) Horror/Action/Fantasy Kate
Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Kris Holden-Ried, Michael Ealy, Charles Dance. Humans
have become aware of an age-old war between vampires and werewolves, also known as
“Lycans.” As a result, the world mobilizes in an effort to eradicate both species. Caught in the
crossfire is vampire Selene who ends up being captured by a team of evil scientists and placed
into frozen suspended animation. Twelve years pass, and Selene is released from her chamber by
a mysterious young girl named Eve. She turns out to be her daughter with former lover and werewolf hybrid Michael, who is presumably dead. They go on the run and are aided by a vampire
underground. But the scientists are looking for Eve to resume their secret experiments. 88 min.
9. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - GHOST PROTOCOL (PG-13: v) Action/Thriller
Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Michael Nyqvist, Josh Holloway. The IMF attempt to infiltrate the Kremlin goes wrong when they realize they’ve been
set up and much of the Kremlin is destroyed by a massive explosion set by Kurt Hendricks,
a.k.a. Cobalt. After escaping from a Russian intelligence agent, Ethan Hunt learns from the IMF
secretary and his chief analyst that the Russians are blaming the U.S. for the attack. As a result,
the U.S. President has enacted “ghost protocol” that disavows the existence of the IMF and any
further government support. Learning that Hendricks has nuclear launch codes and is desirous
of starting a nuclear war, they have to stop him before it’s too late. 133 min.
10. *MAN ON A LEDGE (PG-13: bd, bl, bv) Suspense/Thriller Sam Worthington,
Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Genesis Rodriguez, Edward Burns, Ed Harris, Anthony
Mackie, Kyra Sedgwick, Titus Welliver. Nick Cassidy is a convict who manages to escape
custody and later ends up on the 21st floor of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. He wants to
prove his innocence and threatens to jump. Nick is a former NYPD cop who was convicted and
imprisoned for stealing a $40 million diamond from a real estate mogul whose building is right
across the street. But Nick’s brother Joey and Joey’s girlfriend, are working to prove Nick’s innocence. With the S.W.A.T. team preparing to take action against Nick, he does what he can -- up on
that high ledge -- to give Joey and Angie enough time to accomplish their task. 102 min.
11. *THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY (G) Animated Fantasy (see page 15)
12. *ONE FOR THE MONEY (PG-13: m, bd, bl, bpn, bv) Comedy/Romance/Action
Katherine Heigl, Jason O’Mara, Debbie Reynolds, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd.
Stephanie Plum is newly divorced and has lost her job as manager of the lingerie department at
her local Macy’s. Strapped from cash with her bills coming due, she decides to go to her cousin
who operates a bail-bond business. Intrigued at the amount of money bounty hunters/skip tracers
can make, she decides to try and collect a bounty on Joe Morelli, a former flame. Joe is an ex-cop
accused of shooting an unarmed drug dealer. But he is innocent and is working on bringing down
a local heroin ring. His investigation is complicated by Stephanie’s bumbling efforts to insinuate
herself into the case. Based on the first of a series novels by Janet Evanovich. 104 min.
13. *NEW YEAR’S EVE (PG-13: bd, bl) Comedy/Drama/Romance Hilary Swank,
Katherine Heigl, Jon Bon Jovi, Zac Efron, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ashton Kutcher, Lea
Michele, Sarah Jessica Parker, Abigail Breslin, Halle Berry, Sofia Vergara, Seth Meyers, Jessica Biel, Robert De Niro, Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges, Josh Duhamel, Hector
Elizondo. Directed by Garry Marshall. It’s New Year’s Eve in New York City. Revelers include
a city executive who must make sure the ball actually drops; an assistant to a record company
exec who gets assistance from a intrepid bike messenger; a dying man evaluates his life with the
help of a nurse; a back-up singer gets struck in an elevator with her jaded neighbor; a rock star
and the one who got away are working the same event; and a single mom is battling with her
15-year-old daughter. 117 min
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14. *JOYFUL NOISE (PG-13: bd, bl) Comedy/Drama Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton,
Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Kris Kristofferson, Courtney B. Vance, Jesse L. Martin.
The small town of Pacashau, Georgia, has fallen on hard times. The people are counting on the
Divinity Church Choir to lift their spirits by winning the National Joyful Noise Competition. But the
discord between its two leading ladies now threatens to tear them apart. Their newly appointed
director, Vi Rose Hill, stubbornly wants to stick with their tried-and-true traditional style, while the
fiery G.G. Sparrow thinks tried-and-true translates to tired-and-old .Shaking things up even more
is the arrival of G.G.’s rebellious grandson, who has an ear for music, but he also has an eye for Vi
Rose’s beautiful and talented 16-year-old daughter. He also tries to infuse some energy into the
choir, with Vi Rose reluctantly agreeing to changes things up a bit as the choir does what it can to
prepare for the next national championship. 118 min.
15. CONTRABAND (R: m, bd, gl, v) Drama/Action/Thriller Mark Wahlberg, Kate
Beckinsale, Caleb Landry Jones, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, J.K. Simmons, Lukas
Haas, Diego Luna. Set in New Orleans. Chris Farraday was once a great smuggler, but he abandoned his life of crime to live the quiet life with his wife. and their two young sons. He now has a
successful business. However, he is enticed into pulling one last job when his brother-in-law, Andy,
botches a drug deal for a vicious New Orleans crime boss. To settle Andy’s debt, Chris assembles a
boat crew who will sail to Panama and return to Louisiana with millions in counterfeit money. In
Panama, an even more ruthless crime lord has to be dealt with carefully. There is also a traitor in the
mix, and he threatens to derail Chris’ entire plan. 109 min.
16. *GONE (PG-13: m, bd, bl, bv) Suspense/Thriller Amanda Seyfried, Emily Wickersham, Daniel Sunjata, Michael Pare, Wes Bentley. Jill Parrish claims to have been abducted from her bed and taken out to the forest outside of Portland where her abductor placed
her into a deep hole and threatened to kill her. She escaped and was eventually picked up by
police, but could not lead them to where the hole was and she could not identify her attacker
because she never really got a good look at him. Further investigation was halted despite Jill
insisting that there had been other victims. Jill is now on medication to control her anxieties and
lives with her sister, Molly. When Molly is abducted from her bed in the middle of the night, Jill
decides to take the law into her own hands and find her sister. 94 min.
17. *HAYWIRE (R: m, bl, v) Action/Thriller Gina Carano, Michael Angarano, Ewan
McGregor, Channing Tatum, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Michael Fassbender, Bill Paxton. In an upstate New York diner, Mallory Kane isn’t happy to see the arrival of
Aaron, her former business partner and lover. He’s there to take her back to their handler, Kenneth.
She uses her physical skills to escape. A former Marine turned highly trained operative for hire, she
worked for private contract or Kenneth who had a business arrangement with a U.S. government
official. After rescuing a hostage with Aaron and others, she was assigned to work with a mysterious
man, and quickly learned that her decision to leave Kenneth had it repercussions. Now back in the
States, she wants revenge on those who wronged her. 93 min.
18. WAR HORSE (PG-13: v) Drama/Action/Adventure Directed by Steven Spielberg.
Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, David Thewlis. It’s 1914 and Albert is a young
man who lives on a remote farm with his alcoholic father, Ted, and his mother. Ted outbids everyone
else for a horse better suited for racing than plowing the fields. But Albert trains the horse (Joey) for
such work and succeeds. Bad luck, however, ruins their crop, thus forcing Ted to sell the horse to a
captain with the British military. The horse ends up in various battles as well as various hands. As the
years pass, Joey continues to move on from one person and perilous experience to the next, all as
Albert finally ends up in the war and wonders if he’ll ever see his horse again. 146 min.
19. WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG) Comedy/Drama (see page 15)
20. THE IRON LADY (PG-13: bn, bv) Drama Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Col-
man, Alexandra Roach, Harry Lloyd, Richard E. Grant. It’s the present day and Margaret
Thatcher, Britain’s former Prime Minister, spends her days keeping to herself and imagining still
spending time and conversing with her late husband, Denis. Their adult daughter worries about her
mother’s mental state. We then see the progression of young Margaret going from working at her
father’s grocery store through meeting young Denis and becoming involved in politics. After an unsuccessful bid, she’s elected to Parliament where she opposes the policies of the Labour Government
to the point that she later becomes leader of her party and finally Prime Minister. During that time,
we see her having to deal with various events. 105 min.
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21. THE DARKEST HOUR (PG-13: m, bd, bl, v) Sci-Fi/Action Max Minghella,
Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Rachael Taylor, Joel Kinnaman. A group of Americans in
Moscow encounter strange electrical orbs of light descending from the sky. They quickly realize
it’s some sort of invasion as the invisible aliens soon vaporize most everyone in sight. They end
up hiding in a storage room in the bar for several days before venturing out into the otherwise
empty city, but must avoid the aliens whose presence can only be detected by the brief activation of any electrical devices they pass by such as street lights or car headlights. Learning there’s
a nuclear submarine nearby that’s preparing to leave the city, the various survivors try to make
their way to that, all while avoiding the aliens. 89 min.
22. THE DESCENDANTS (R: m, bd, l) Drama/Comedy George Clooney, Shailene
Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard, Judy Greer, Robert Forster. Matt King is a successful real estate lawyer whose lineage goes back many generations in Hawaii. He’s the trustee of thousands of acres of unspoiled land and due to settings in that
trust, the land must be sold. Matt’s many cousins want him to sell to a developer, but Matt has
other things on his mind. His wife is in a coma following a boating accident and will soon have to
be taken off life support. Matt is now the sole caretaker of his 10-year-old daughter, Scottie, and
her 17-year-old sister Alexandra. Matt prepares for his wife’s death and the news of her having an
affair, all while also dealing with the land sale issue. 115 min.
23. IMMORTALS (R: m, bs, gv) Action/Fantasy Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Freida
Pinto, Stephen Dorff, Luke Evans, John Hurt. In 1228 B.C. King Hyperion is a brutal tyrant
on a bloody mission to seek out the mythical Bow of Epirus. Should he succeed, even the gods of
Olympus will be forced to bow before him. In his efforts to locate the invincible and elusive weapon,
Hyperion leads his Heraklion army on a brutal rampage across Greece, and killing with impunity.
When the Hyperions lay waste to his village and cut down his mother in cold blood, vengeful stonemason Theseus emerges from the rubble determined to make the king pay for his crimes. Later, the
Sybelline Oracle, Phaedra, experiences a vision of Theseus’ future that convinces her he will play a
pivotal role in defeating King Hyperion. 110 min.
24. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (R: a, l, bn, bgs, gv) Suspense/
Thriller/Mystery Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan
Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Joely Richardson. Mikael Blomkvist is a
journalist and magazine publisher in Stockholm who’s just lost a libel case. Wiped out financially, he agrees to a unique proposition offered to him by Henrik Vanger, a wealthy businessman. He promises to deliver dirt on his accuser. if Mikael can solve an old missing persons
case -- Vanger’s 16-year-old niece who disappeared back in the 1960s from their island town.
Blomkvist hires Lisbeth Salander --who has multiple piercings, tattoos and anti-social demeanor
.Yet, she has a surprising knack to infiltrate places to set up surveillance and her computer skills
are second to none. 160 min
25. EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE (PG-13: m, bl) Drama Thomas Horn,
Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks, Max von Sydow, John Goodman, Viola Davis, Jeffrey
Wright. A year after losing his father on 9/11, eleven-year-old Oskar longs for an answer to make
sense of a world rendered fearsome and confusing. His mother is tormented with grief. But one day as
Oskar snoops in his father’s closet, left intact by his mother, he finds a small envelope marked with the
word “Black” hides. In it is a key, and Oskar -- who enjoyed many adventures concocted by his inventive father when he was alive -- is convinced it’s literally the key to his questions about “the worst day”
(aka 9/11). But first, Oskar must find which person named Black owns the key so that he can find out
what it opens. He gets help from a silent old man. 129 min.
26. FOOTLOOSE (PG-13: m, bd, bl, bs, bv) Drama/Music/Romance Kenny Wormald,
Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid, Miles Teller, Andie MacDowell. Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont. A few years prior, the community was
devastated by a tragic accident that killed five teenagers after a night out partying. The town responded
by implementing ordinances that prohibit loud music and dancing. Chief among the proponents of that
ban is Reverend Shaw Moore whose son was among those killed. Since then, his teenage daughter,
Ariel, has become something of a wild child, attending secret dance gatherings. Ariel is attracted to the
newcomer, and that doesn’t sit well with Shaw, particularly when Ren starts to question the town’s ban
on dancing. Remake of the1984 film. 113 min.
27. ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (G) Comedy/Animation (see page 15)
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28. *ALBERT NOBBS (R: m, bd, bn, bs) Drama Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska,
Janet McTeer, Aaron Johnson, Brendan Gleeson, Pauline Collins. Albert Nobbs is
a quiet little waiter in a fancy hotel in 19th-century Ireland. He’s learned to stay in the background, and for good reason: He’s really a woman living as a man in order to find work in
the harsh environment of 19th-century Ireland. Hubert, a house painter at the hotel, discovers
Albert’s secret. Hubert confesses he is also a woman, telling Albert that she has a wife. Albert
becomes intrigued and starts formulating a plan to use her life savings to open a tobacco
shop. Her plans also include marrying the pretty young maid. But unfortunately, she has a
secret boyfriend who’s intent on milking Albert for all she’s worth. 113 min.
29. *WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (R: m, bl, bpn, bs, bv) Drama Tilda Swinton,
John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell. When we first meet Eva, she seems adrift in this
world. For unknown reasons she’s hated and ridiculed by the people she meets on the street. In
flashbacks we see her during a happier time, with Franklin, the new man in her life which leads to
an unexpected pregnancy, marriage, and a fresh start in the suburbs. From there it’s immediately
downhill, as their son, Kevin, is a handful from the start. As he gets older he only grows more
violent and hateful. As a little sister enters the family, Kevin has someone completely defenseless
to terrorize. Franklin thinks it’s no big deal and that it’ll pass. He has no idea how wrong he is.
Based on a novel by Lionel Shriver. 102 min.
30. THE SITTER (R: a, gd, gl, bs, bv) Comedy Jonah Hill, Max Records, Landry Bend-
er, Kevin Hernandez, Ari Graynor, JB Smoove, Sam Rockwell. Noah Griffith is a college dropout who agrees to babysit another family’s three kids so that his divorced mom can go
out on a date. The kids are 13-year-old Slater, an overly sensitive and timid homebody teen; his
young sister Blithe who wears too much makeup, has a sassy attitude and listens to hard core
rap music; and Rodrigo, their adopted sibling from El Salvador who has a penchant for blowing
up toilets with cherry bombs. Once Noah meets them, he realizes babysitting won’t be as easy
as he thought, and things get more complicated when his girlfriend calls and promises to have
sex with him if he’ll pick up some cocaine for her from drug dealer. 81 min.
31. *GOON (R: m, d, gl, bn, s, v) Comedy Seann William Scott, Liev Schreiber, Jay
Baruchel, Alison Pill, Eugene Levy, Kim Coates. Not content with his job as a bouncer
at a local Beantown bar and a bit of an embarrassment to his accomplished family, Doug Glatt
dreams of the kind of success enjoyed by minor league hockey goon Ross “The Boss” Rhea.
When a chance encounter with an on-ice thug leads to a bloody fist fight that Doug easily wins,
the coach of the Halifax Highlanders sees potential in this mammoth sized man who is only hampered by his lack of any hockey playing ability and his brother’s old figure skates. Standing up to
the taunts of the other players, Doug manages to join the team. Soon he’ll have the opportunity
to face off against Rhea. Now all he needs is to learn how to skate. 90 min.
32. *RAMPART (R: m, d, gl, bn, s, bv) Drama/Action Woody Harrelson, Sigourney
Weaver, Ice Cube, Robin Wright, Ned Beatty, Ben Foster, Anne Heche, Cynthia
Nixon, Steve Buscemi, Jon Bernthal, Brie Larson. Los Angeles, 1999. Officer Dave Brown
is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and
asserting his own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong. When he gets
caught on tape beating a suspect, he finds himself in a personal and emotional downward spiral.
He is forced to confront his disgruntled daughters; his two ex-wives; a tenacious Deputy DA; an
investigator on his trail; a homeless witness to his crimes, his aging mentor dispensing bad advice;
and a mysterious new lover, as he fights for his own sanity and survival. 107 min.
33. TOWER HEIST (PG-13: bd, bl) Comedy
34. IN TIME (PG-13: bl, bpn, bs, v) Sci/Fi/Action
35. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (R: m, l, bn, bs, v) Suspense
36. THE MUPPETS (PG) Comedy/Music
37. JACK AND JILL (PG) Comedy (see page 15)
38. YOUNG ADULT (R: m, bd, l, bs) Comedy/Drama
39. MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (R: m, bgd, l) Drama
40. THE THREE MUSKETEERS (PG-13: v) Action/Adventure
41. CARNAGE (R: m, l) Comedy/Drama
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42. THE INNKEEPERS (R: m, bl, v) Supernatural/Thriller
43. HAPPY FEET TWO (PG) Animated Comedy/Music
44. THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (PG) Adventure/Animation
45. JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (PG) Comedy
46. HUGO (PG) Drama/Adventure
47. SHAME (NC-17: a, gd, gl, gn, gs) Drama
48. MELANCHOLIA (R: a, l, bgn, s) Drama/Sci-Fi
49. THE RUM DIARY (R: m, bgd, gl, bs) Drama/Comedy
50. A DANGEROUS METHOD (R: a, gd, bl, bn, s) Drama
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From TV To The Movies
By Susan Varno
We TV watchers enjoy seeing our favorite TV programs made
into full length movies. In the 1980’s a band of outlaw
heroes known as THE A-TEAM (2010-Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper) protected helpless folks from evildoers. Now
they’re Army Rangers on a secret mission during the Iraq
War. From 1966 to 1973, the “Mission: Impossible” team
meticulously executed plans to save the world. Today, Ethan
Hunt (Tom Cruise) takes down terrorists, arms dealers and
megalomaniacs in MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1996), II (2000),
III (2006) and GHOST PROTOCOL (2011). The 1980’s series
MIAMI VICE (2006) featured two
hip undercover cops. For the
movie the partners (Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx) pose as
international cocaine dealers.
San Francisco cops STARSKY
AND HUTCH (2004-Ben Stiller
and Owen Wilson) fast forward
from the 1970’s to present
day. On their first assignment
together, they go off the grid to
take down drug dealers. Agents
Mulder (David Duchovny) and
Scully (Gillian Anderson) are
still looking for aliens in THE XFILES (1998) and THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE (2008). THE
DUKES OF HAZZARD (2005-Seann William Scott and Johnny
Knoxville) are still outrunning Boss Hogg (Burt Reynolds)
in the General Lee through backwoods Georgia. The 1966
to 1969 series STAR TREK (2009) spawned twelve theatrical
movies. The most recent one tells of James T. Kirk’s (Chris
Pine) troubled childhood, his early Starfleet days, and why he
hates the Romulans. For sitcoms, SEX AND THE CITY (2008)
continues where the series left off in 2004. Three New York
City BFFs (Kim Cantrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis)
help their gal pal (Sarah Jessica Parker) plan her ultra-wedding. See also SEX AND THE CITY 2 (2010). Based on the twenty three year series, THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (2007) has Homer
(voice of Dan Castellaneta) making Lake Springfield so toxic
the EPA puts a dome over the city. For the updated 1960’s
series GET SMART (2008) Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) is now
a liberated woman, and Max (Steve Carell) is a shy computer
nerd. See also THE HONEYMOONERS 2005-Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps) based on the 1950’s series. Children’s TV
series include HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE (2009) with the
teen singing sensation (Miley Cyrus) returning to her rural
hometown disguised as an ordinary kid. Introduced in 1958,
YOGI BEAR (2010-voice of Dan Akyroyd) and Boo Boo (voice
of Justin Timberlake) must save Jellystone Park, and former
police canine UNDERDOG (2007-voice of Jason Lee) uses his
superpowers to stop criminals. See also the 1970’s Saturday morning series LAND OF THE
LOST (2009-Will Ferrell), and
those little blue creatures THE
SMURFS (2011). Some movies
go behind the scenes of real
TV programs. Fictional stories
include BEWITCHED (2005-Will
Ferrell). The sitcom unknowingly hires a real witch (Nicole
Kidman) who is trying to live as
a mortal. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
(2008) is about a ghetto youth
(Dev Patel) in Mumbai, India,
who is a contestant on the local version of “Who Wants To
Be A Millionaire.” Flashbacks of his life reveal how he knows
the “final” answers. THE CROCODILE HUNTER: COLLISION COURSE
(2002) shows Steve Irwin filming his 1997 to 2004 wildlife
series. At the same time, he’s trying to protect a crocodile
that has swallowed a device from a crashed satellite. Mostly
a true story, CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND (2002) is
the biopic of Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell) who created the
“The Dating Game,” “The Newlywed Game” and “The Gong
Show.” GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK (2005) is about Edward R.
Murrow’s (David Strathairn) “See It Now” TV series. In 1953,
he courageously revealed the vicious practices of egomaniac
Senator Joseph McCarthy. In 1977 former President Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) appeared in four TV interviews
with talk show host David Frost (Michael Sheen). FROST/NIXON
(2008) details the negotiations and shows how Frost got him
to talk about Watergate.
Another Look – Jonah Hill
On December 15, 1983, Jonah Hill Feldstein was born into a show business family in Los Angeles. His father was an accountant for
Guns N’ Roses; his mother was a costume designer. After high school, Hill studied acting at New York’s New School. At a nearby
East Village bar, he performed short plays he wrote. Rebecca and Jake Hoffman caught his act and introduced him to their father
Dustin who arranged an audition for I HEART HUCKABEES (2004). Hill got the part which got him an agent who introduced
him to Judd Apatow. The director hired the 5’ 7” actor for a small role in THE 40- YEAR OLD VIRGIN (2005). After cameos in
GRANDMA’S BOY and CLICK (both 2006), Hill played a computer geek in ACCEPTED (2006) about the “founder” (Justin Long)
of a phony university. Apatow chose Hill as one of Seth Rogen’s slacker friends in the comedy sleeper hit KNOCKED UP, and he
had a role in EVAN ALMIGHTY (both 2007), an updated version of Noah’s Ark. Hill’s first starring role was in Apatow’s SUPERBAD
(2007). As a high school senior, he and his friend (Michael Cera) wangle an invite to a hot chick party by promising to supply
the booze. This leads to a night of manic adventures. He also cameoed as the older brother in WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY (2007). In 2008, he
played a waiter at a posh Hawaiian resort in FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, was one of the STRANGE WILDERNESS crew trying to film a Bigfoot in
Ecuador, and voiced a Whoville child in HORTON HEARS A WHO! The next year, he cameoed as a security guard one NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE FOR
THE SMITHSONIAN, had a supporting role in FUNNY PEOPLE, and played the suicidal neighbor of a man (Ricky Gervais) credited with THE INVENTION OF
LYING. By 2010, Hill had moved into starring and costarring parts. He voiced a Viking warrior in HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON and is expected to repeat
the role for the 2014 sequel. He starred as the hapless record company employee entrusted with GETTING HIM TO THE GREEK, “him” being a chronically
stoned aging British rocker (Russell Brand) and “The Greek” being a concert arena in Los Angeles. In a more serious role, Hill played CYRUS, an unemployed
son who is much too close to his mother (Marisa Tomei). When her new boyfriend (John C. Reilly) comes around, Cyrus tries to sabotage the relationship.
Next he was the voice of a sweet guy who villainous MEGAMIND (Will Ferrell) turns into a superhero. When he discovers his superpowers, Hill’s character
uses them for evil instead. Last year, he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for MONEYBALL, the true story of how the Oakland A’s general
manager (Brad Pitt) transformed the team into winners. Hill plays the accountant who shows him how to work miracles on the cheap. Next he was a college
student hired as THE SITTER who drags his charges across town one night to be with his hot girlfriend. This month 21 JUMP STREET (2012) will be released
on DVD (see page 3). Based on the 1980’s TV series, Hill helped write the screenplay and stars with Channing Tatum as undercover cops who pretends to
be a high school students to break up a drug ring.
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1. PROTOTYPE 2 (Xbox 360, PS3)
2. MAX PAYNE 3 (Xbox 360, PS3)
3. SNIPER ELITE V2 (Xbox 360, PS3)
4. GAME OF THRONES (Xbox 360, PS3)
5. WITCHER 2: ASSASSINS OF KINGS ENHANCED EDITION (Xbox 360)
6. RESIDENT EVIL: OPERATION RACCOON CITY (Xbox 360, PS3)
7. STARHAWK (PS3)
8. BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM (Xbox 360, PS3)
9. MASS EFFECT 3 (Xbox 360, PS3)
10. CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 (Xbox 360, PS3)
LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii)
June 19
The Dynamic Duo (Batman and Robin) team up with the Justice League when the Joker forms an alliance with Lex Luthor. Allows
players to play as classic Batman characters and other various DC Comics superheroes, such as Green Lantern, Superman and Wonder
Woman. There will 50 playable characters. Explore all of Gotham City in the Batmobile, Batwing and more. New gadgets include
Robin’s Hazard Cannon, Superman’s heat vision, and a Power Suit for Batman. The game will feature an optional 2-player cooperative play. Cooperative play will now feature a split screen due to the game having an open-world environment. Talking minifigures
enhance an all-new original storyline.
THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii)
June 26
Created as an epilogue occurring entirely after the events of the new movie. Features the return
of free-roaming web-slinging all over the city and evolutionary improvements to navigation and
combat. Using the game’s new Web Rush mechanic, players can pull off a vast array of moves
never before possible. Takes players through many areas all over (and under) Manhattan. Fans
will feel what it’s truly like to be a Super Hero, as they experience the cinematic adrenaline rush
of web-swinging through the city as he protects the Big Apple from a deluge of unimaginable threats. The original story also explores beautiful indoor environments, as you’ll encounter
everything from skirmishes with everyday street thugs to pulse-pounding confrontations with
Spider-Man’s most lethal foes.
SPEC OPS: THE LINE (Xbox 360, PS3)
June 26
Unfolds within the destroyed opulence of Dubai. Once the playground for the world’s wealthiest elite, Dubai has fallen victim to a
series of cataclysmic sandstorms. The city’s ultramodern architecture lies half-buried under millions of tons of sand. While most people
have fled the now-barren wasteland before the sandstorms swept through, U.S. Army Colonel John Konrad and his loyal squad remained behind to protect those incapable of escape. Unable to reach anyone in Dubai after the storm hit, the U.S. Army feared Konrad
and his team dead until they picked up a weak distress signal and launched a rescue operation. As U.S. Army Captain Martin Walker,
you and your elite Delta Force team are sent to infiltrate the treacherous region to bring Konrad home.
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Ever since journeying to the center of the earth a few years earlier, teenage
Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson) has dreamed of another adventure. He gets
his chance when he receives a coded message from his grandfather (Michael
Caine), who believes he has found author Jules Verne’s fabled Mysterious Island.
Sean’s mother (Kristin Davis) is relieved when her husband and Sean’s stepfather, Hank (Dwayne Johnson), volunteers to go with Sean to the island. Unfortunately, a storm quickly develops that causes their copter to crash. They wash
ashore on the island and find that it’s a magical place. Everything that is big in
the real world is small (elephants are the size of puppy dogs) and everything
that is small is big (lizards are the size of dinosaurs). They also find the Lost
City of Atlantis and a volcano that spews gold ash. Unfortunately the island is
sinking and they will all be underwater in a few days - or possibly hours - if they
don’t find a way to escape. With Luis Guzman and Vanessa Hudgens. 94 min.
DVD Extras: Deleted Scenes; Gag Reel.
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Snow White (Lily Collins) has essentially been a prisoner in her own kingdom since she was
a little girl and her widowed king father went missing shortly after marrying the Evil Queen
(Julia Roberts). The Queen, envious of Snow White’s beauty and disgusted by her goodness, keeps the 18-year-old girl confined in her bedroom away from the starving, suffering
masses while she rules with complete indifference. But The Queen has spent too freely and
lived carelessly too long. When the dashing Prince Alcott (Armie Hammer) comes for a visit
and tells her stories of the great wealth and prosperity his land enjoys, she immediately
schemes to marry him. One problem. He has already gotten a look at Snow White and has
fallen in love with her. When The Queen orders Snow White taken from the castle and killed,
her loyal subject Brighton (Nathan Lane) can’t bring himself to do it. He frees the girl and
tells her to run. Snow White, though, falls in with seven thieving dwarfs and together they
hatch a plan to take back her kingdom and restore the land. 106 min.
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In 1988, a family of three gray whales became trapped beneath rapidly forming ice in Alaska. The
story was first reported by local newsman, Adam Carlson (John Krasinski), who dreams of landing
a job stateside and senses the whales’ plight could be his ticket to bigger and better things. His
story goes national and attracts the attention of Greenpeace activist and former girlfriend, Rachel
(Drew Barrymore); and hotshot L.A. reporter Jill Jerard (Kristen Bell). Looking for positive PR is
oil industry executive J.W. McGraw (Ted Danson), whose wife, Ruth (Kathy Baker), convinces him
that whoever saves those whales will look like a hero to the world. He manages to convince the
military under the command of Colonel Scott Boyer (Dermot Mulroney) to use his helicopters and a
special ice-cutting barge to free the whales. Plummeting temperatures and the fact that the baby
whale has fallen ill and is severely scarred from banging his head against the jagged ice start to
complicate matters. Inspired by a true story. 106 min.
DVD Extras: Commentary, Deleted Scenes; “Truth is Stranger Than Fiction” Featurette.
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nice house with her parents. The only difference between them and other families is that
they stand only a few inches tall and live under the floorboards of a closet in the house.
Known as borrowers, they only come out when the full-sized humans aren’t around or likely
to discover them, and borrow small items the homeowners will never miss. A new human
has arrived. He’s Shawn, a young and sickly teen who’s been sent by his parents to stay
with his aunt and her housekeeper. He discovers his mysterious housemate, Arrietty, one
evening, and a secret friendship blossoms. But their relationship could be dangerous. 94 min.
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Directed by Martin Scorsese. Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley Chloe Moretz, Sacha Baron Cohen.
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